Cruel World

Aleya memutuskan menikah dengan Harun, laki-laki yang pernah menjadi kekasih sekaligus mantan terindahnya sewaktu kuliah. Pertemuan mereka setelah tujuh tahun berpisah terasa seperti takdir yang sengaja mempertemukan kembali dua hati yang belum selesai. Awalnya, Aleya mengira semua bermula dari kebetulan setelah ia bertemu Mama Rieta, ibu Harun, yang masih tampak sangat mendukung hubungan mereka. Sikapnya begitu hangat, begitu meyakinkan, sehingga Aleya percaya bahwa ini benar-benar restu dan merasa menjadi salah satu wanita beruntung. Namun ternyata, dibalik dukungan itu memiliki tujuan lain. Mama Rieta menginginkan keturunan laki-laki, sesuatu yang belum ia dapatkan dari menantu pertama. Semua rahasia mulai terungkap ketika Aleya hamil. Di saat ia seharusnya bahagia, kenyataan pahit justru menghantamnya bertubi-tubi. Harun sudah menikah lebih dulu. Ia memiliki seorang putri. Dan lebih buruk lagi, pernikahannya dengan wanita itu belum berakhir. Terjebak pada situasi itu, memaksa Aleya harus menghadapi fakta bahwa dirinya bukan istri utama, melainkan istri kedua yang tidak punya posisi.

Surya menghilang begitu saja di tengah bulan madu mereka, meninggalkan Senja hanya dengan satu pesan: "Sebulan ke depan aku akan melakukan perjalanan bisnis. Jangan menungguku. Pulanglah ke Indonesia." Tersesat di kota asing, Senja berjuang menghadapi sepi dan pertanyaan yang tak terjawab. Tapi pikirannya justru terpaut pada sosok misterius yang disebut D—pria tanpa wajah, tanpa nama, yang konon terlibat dalam skandal perselingkuhan. Satu bulan berlalu, dan saat Surya dijadwalkan pulang, Senja dihadapkan pada kenyataan yang lebih mengejutkan. Seorang wanita -panutannya sekaligus kunci dari teka-teki D- mengungkap sebuah kebenaran: Bahwa Surya bukan hanya seorang suami. Ia adalah suami dari dua istri.

The world was glorious, shining like gold in the middle of the universe as people raised their toasts, celebrating the victory they had. However, the victory they achieved turned out to be a nightmare. The victors swung their blades as the blood of their own kin spread on the floor. The victors did everything, no matter how cruel it is, just to achieve victory. In the end, the world was like a paradise—a deceptive paradise everyone thought was glorious . . . but it isn't. It was fiendish. Maximaze was a child from the lowest level of civilization, a slave of the superiors. Maze just wanted a peaceful life with her mother, Sybil, while desiring to find her father who was separated from them since the day she was born. Until one day, an old friend of her parents entered her life and gave her an opportunity to study. However, there was a condition. Maze needed to be one of the candidates to become a Death Judge and travel the world. Her desire for peace made her continue the ruthless road of becoming the Death Judge. Her quiet yet terrific life with her mother before became more chaotic—worse than slavery. As she wandered the world, she found out the truth. Maze's dreams shattered into pieces—nightmares kept visiting her, day and night. Since that day, she received a horrific reminder.

Greed is a powerful feeling that has changed the world over thousands of years. Science, religion, and magic have built a new era and there are some who want to end it all, for the sake of a dying world. It is only up to certain beings to awaken the world and cleanse the lurking evil within the desires of the current rulers, or to wipe out those who can't contribute any good to a new rising world.

Over a great century of peace and tranquillity, great catastrophe was steadily brewing. Leaving the Afghan war after the bloody massacre, seven officers of the then Afghan government turn rogue. They move to South Africa where they operated the largest underground shadow government the world had ever seen. Several years of activity with lots of experience meant that not all who wished the downfall of this gang could get their hands on whatever they wanted. Out of the blues come Fiona and her group called the Pacesetters, who clear the deeply rooted organisation from it roots. Determined never to give up, the Alpha Lords turn their attention to the one area of crime where the criminals always gain the upper hand - tech crime. Their new methods and determination baffle even the most talented intellects and force governments all over the world to prepare their minds and heart for a complete overthrow, and to disobedient citizens, the most feared consequences. Gradually, these men do not accept that man should still exist, but that humans evolve to the next stage of existence - programmable code. Would they prevail, or would the witty and most determined forces of light conquer the powers of darkness?

Sepuluh tahun bahtera rumah tangga Fadilah Muhammad, seorang CEO sukses, dan Fahira Dewi Puspita terasa hampa tanpa kehadiran seorang anak. Berbagai upaya medis dan tradisional telah mereka tempuh, namun garis keturunan tak kunjung hadir. Tekanan semakin berat dirasakan Fahira tatkala ibunda Fadil tak henti menyindir dan bahkan mencelanya. Setiap pertemuan menjadi momok yang menggerogoti ketenangan batin Fahira. Label mandul seolah menjadi hantu yang terus menghantuinya, membuatnya terpuruk dalam kesedihan dan stres yang mendalam. Di tengah perjuangan melawan takdir dan tekanan keluarga, akankah cinta Fadil dan Fahira mampu bertahan? Mampukah mereka menemukan kebahagiaan sejati di tengah penantian yang tak berujung, ataukah tekanan dari orang terdekat justru akan merenggut segalanya?

"Bunda bolehkah aku memeluk Ayah untuk terakhir kalinya?" ucap putriku dengan tatapan mata penuh harap. Aku hanya bisa menggeleng perlahan, mencoba menyamarkan diri di antara orang-orang yang sedang ada di rumah duka, bagaimana aku akan tampilkan dan memeluk suamiku sementara aku hanya istri rahasia, dan putri yang lahir dari pernikahan kami, selamanya tidak akan mendapatkan pengakuan keluarganya.

Reaching twenty-two, Hera just wanted to celebrate her birthday and fulfill her wish—to lose her virginity to a stranger. However, this leads her to a complicated situation. She lost it to the cruel Alpha of the Dark Midnight Pack. Alpha Thomas was known to be ruthless; a man who would kill without mercy. He’s the strongest werewolf in the magical world. Hera only spent one night with Thomas but she left a wide space in his heart. Knowing the truth about Thomas, Hera wanted to run away from him. Then one day, shocking news filled her world, she was pregnant. This information spreads to the whole magical world until it reaches Alpha Thomas's side. Thomas could feel that he owned Hera’s pups and he would do anything to get them.

On a faithful night, Ravenna is faced with the irresponsible actions of her father. As she was brought to a huge manor in the countryside she found out her father is indebted to a mafia lord, a vampire no less as well. In order to motivate her father to pay off his debt, Ravenna is taken into Lord Dimitri's life as his pet for a year. Ravenna is met with a world she had no idea existed. Vampire society was vastly different from her simple human life where she cleaned after the rich in the hopes of making it one day as one of them. She needs to learn her place as a vampire's pet as well as other social rules the pale blood-sucking creatures follow. In the midst of this, she comes to know the cruel mafia lord and finds somehow to grow feelings for this Byronic hero. Will they find love in this harsh world?

What will you do on the day of the End? Will you take time to do a particular thing? Will you travel the world? Or you will just sit back and wait for it to happen? There are many possibilities for a person to choose; But for us… There is only one choice to go, that is to play an augmented reality game. This is the story of Azriel Iliac, the notable weakest amongst the challengers. In the world where doomsday is already a forgone conclusion, and demons, monsters and mythical creatures already infested the surface, people had been given a second chance through Evangelion: a massive multiplayer role-playing augmented reality game that had emerged randomly in the net a year ago. For some particular reason, the players of Evangelion, most known as Challengers, have displayed enough power to fight back against the irregularities of the ending world. The game has only one goal: to survive the trials of God, and prove themselves as the victor who will lead humanity to its final conclusion, the Judgement Day. The only question is who shall it be?